Life is too short to stay in one place!
At this time last year we were glued to the laptop in Seattle for news of the erupting coup in Ecuador, the first destination on our long-awaited RTW (round-the-world) trip. Would we be able to leave? Would we have to start somewhere else at the last minute? It was exciting and unpredictable from the very [...]
February introduced our first country entry fees (thank you Argentina) as well as the start of our amazing Antarctica adventure (hence the delay in getting this post out). For the month we spent $2,240 but since there are only 28 days in February our daily average was the highest to date at $80. We actually [...]
WOW, what an amazing second month on our trip. We finally left the protective bubble of our friends’ home in Otavalo and started exploring more of Ecuador. As we have mentioned, we are focused on slower travel and spent the rest of November in Baños, Ecuador. As we expected, the expenses are creeping up this [...]
Yes, we are finally leaving. We started our trip here on October 1st and have spent the last 7+ weeks shedding the stress of our lives, getting used to a new life, and learning Spanish. It has been an amazing time here and we are more relaxed than we have ever been. However, we are [...]
Most people are too polite to ask, but everyone wants to know: How much does it really cost to travel around the world? We think we have a pretty good idea, but just to keep us on track and to help you in planning your own trip, we are going to give you a monthly [...]
Hola! Despite the efforts of the Ecuadorian government to keep us out, we landed safely in Quito on Saturday evening after almost 24 hours of travel. We took the redeye on Friday night to Dallas, then another flight to Miami for a long layover, where we enjoyed a leisurely lunch in Little Havana with our [...]
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.” ~ GK Chesterton This is it! The day we have planned for over 2 years has arrived. How are we feeling? Any last-minute problems? Tune in to find out about our last 6 weeks in Seattle, the going away party last night, and of course the attempted coup [...]
What exactly do you take with you on a trip around the world? If you’re me, everything but the kitchen sink (and that’s only because I don’t have a kitchen sink anymore). We had a little wakeup call on Saturday morning, 6 days from departure, when we packed up our things to move in with [...]
Imagine there was a movie made about your life. Not the life you already have, but the life you have just started. Well guess what? I just saw my movie! Julie & Julia is the story of the blogger who spent a year cooking Julia Child’s recipes and writing about them in her blog. Along [...]
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